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Originally Posted by BajanYankee
Why is everyone here so focused on self-segregation?
Because to some folks, Blackness is only cool when a person goes out of there way to not "be seen as Black" or not to live in predominantly Black cities/neighborhoods.
Because to some folks, Blackness is only cool when a person goes out of there way to not "be seen as Black" or not to live in predominantly Black cities/neighborhoods.
Okay. But when will Black people stop being African-Americans and simply become Americans? When will they stop attending segregated colleges like Howard and Spelman (which is close-minded and racist), start attending Methodist and Presbyterian churches en masse, and start listening to more metal and less R&B? Why can't they simply adopt American culture as their own?
Okay. But when will Black people stop being African-Americans and simply become Americans? When will they stop attending segregated colleges like Howard and Spelman, start attending Methodist and Presbyterian churches en masse, and start listening to more metal and less R&B? Why can't they simply adopt American culture as their own?
Actually we do all of those things in significant numbers and still retain our own distinct subculture. As a matter of fact, Americans of African descent have contributed much to the cultural legacy of America as a whole, although many of those contributions go unnoticed, even by us. For instance, Memorial Day is coming up and it's not commonly known that Black residents of Charleston, SC organized the first widely-publicized Memorial Day-type observance in the U.S. when they commemorated Union soldiers who died in the area during the Civil War.
How is going to a segregated college American? I thought segregation was the great societal scourge of the 20th Century.
How is this a segregated college? There are many different people of different backgrounds at Howard. Why is it that anything that is so called black always in question?
How is this a segregated college? There are many different people of different backgrounds at Howard. Why is it that anything that is so called black always in question?
It sounds like reverse racism to me.
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